2025Q3 Reports: CL Journal Editor
Submission Growth
2024 Q1: 62 -> 2025 Q1: 84
2024 Q2: 89 -> 2025 Q2: 120
First, looking at the first two quarters,�we’ve seen strong growth in submissions—an increase by over 40% compared to last year.�This shows the strong interest and engagement from our community.
Review Capacity
| Year | Standing Reviewers |
|---|---|
| 2024 (as of 1 July 24) | 113 |
| 2025 (as of 1 July 25) | 186 |
To support the growth in submissions, we expanded our standing reviewer pool by 65%. We would like to thank the ARR Editors-in-Chief for their support with this expansion.
Review Timeline Improvement
| Year | With desk rejection | Without desk rejection |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25.9 | 51.3 |
| 2025 | 16.5 | 55.0 |
While the time to first decision for fully reviewed papers increased slightly by 7%, partly because we have additional quality controls for the reviewing process, we’ve made desk rejections much faster. The average time dropped by 36%.